Cacowards 2020

The 2020 Cacowards is the seventeenth annual Cacowards feature, released by Doomworld on December 10, 2020. It was written by Andrew Stine (Linguica), Boris Klimeš (dew), Demon of the Well, Major Arlene, Not Jabba, rd, Marisa Lago, Stephen Browning (Scuba Steve), Simon Howard (Fraggle) and Kinsie. There were twelve runners-up.

Winners

 * Antaresian Reliquary - Seongbae Park (antares031) -
 * Abandon - bemused, Benjogami, Scotty -
 * Rowdy Rudy II: POWERTRIP - Doomkid et al. -
 * Ar Luminae - Aurelius & JustCallMeKaito -
 * Running Late 2 - A2Rob -
 * Bastion of Chaos - Bridgeburner56 -
 * Mutabor - Thomas Seifert (tourniquet) -
 * Three's a Crowd - Scypek2 -
 * Syringe - Walker Wright (Pavera), Richard Frei (Tarnsman), Michael Fraize (Marcaek), Xaser -
 * Faithless: Trilogy - James Paddock (Jimmy) -

Runners-up

 * Tartarus - RonnieJamesDiner -
 * The Mapwich 2: The Mapwichening - various -
 * Shrine II - scumhead & Mengo923 - (itch.io)
 * Technicolor Antichrist Box - Shannon O'Neill (Major Arlene) -
 * Return to Hadron E3 - Matt Powell (cannonball) -
 * Criticality - Scotty -
 * Freaky Panties 2: Boxers or Briefs - Alexa Jones-Gonzales (Remilia Scarlet) -
 * Doom II: 25 Years on Earth - James Cresswell (Phobus) -
 * 180 Minutes Pour Vivre - French Doom Community -
 * Gods & Guardians - Eugene Guschin (Wraith777) -
 * Abysm 2: Infernal Contract - Donnel Enriquez (Jazzmaster9) -
 * Intergalactic Xenology - Dreadopp & Lord_Z -

Multiplayer award

 * DoomWare - Buu342 -
 * Progressive Duel 3 - Ru5tK1ng, Hatred, et al. -

Gameplay mod awards

 * Nobody Told Me About id - CantSleep -
 * Treasure Tech - HyperUltra64 -
 * Codename: DEMOLITIONIST - Marisa Lago -

Codeaward

 * The Unity port - Mike Rubits (sponge) et al. -

Mordeth award

 * Pacifist speedrunning - The Doom Community - (Official website)

Machaward

 * Arbitrary code execution - kgsws -

Odyssey of Noises

 * Bastion of Chaos OST: "The Coming Hour" - John Weekley (PRIMEVAL)

Most promising newcomers

 * Zolgia108
 * Cheesewheel
 * DFF
 * Egg Boy
 * Daerik

Creator of the Year

 * Bridgeburner56

Espi award

 * James Haley (Quasar)